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Snoopy

Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:09 AM

Your hope of not getting an airport is going to have it's hand forced by the Federal Government due to capacity and space issues at SNA. The day will come when an aircraft goes off the end at John Wayne, or when the airport becomes slot allocated and your fares jump 60%. Do you really want this to happen? El Toro is further inland and the aircraft will actually be quieter and at a higher altitude than they are now when they cross any residential areas. Get used to it, and other large city dwellers should expect the same. The aviation gridlock is caused by a landlock, we need airports and the only way to get them is to convert military bases or put them on a nice big chunk of flat land. There isn't much of either left near the cities. The airport was there long before your home was. You should have thought about that before you moved there.

Matthew

Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:37 PM

The residents that live around El Toro do want a park (a public park, that is) to be built (a really big one) instead of an airport, but how are we going to trick them into getting an amusement park instead????

ßruce

Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:07 PM

I am sorta condfussed. I recently vistited Cali a few weeks ago, and I was wondering Is El Toro the abandoned Air Force Base? ----------------- Ricochet: Bouncing to you in 2002, Only at King's Dominion!

janfrederick

Snoopy said: The airport was there long before your home was. You should have thought about that before you moved there.

A little defensive huh? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think Apollo15 was actually joking about this. Sure, what enthusiast wouldn't want an amusement park in their backyard?

Anyway, I think most folks realize the need. Neighbors to any large project will naturally complain...it affects their quality of life and especially their investments. There will never be a happy solution for such problems. On one hand, we need to limit development. On the other hand, how and where will folks live and travel?

Apollo15

Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:22 PM

The air forced closed down and moved down to San Deigo. Fine a way, to trick them, but all well the public park is betten than the airport, but i wish that would would get another theme park even though Knott's and SFMM are my favorite...